Stocks Bounce After Beating

Ford and GM Drive the Gains
But Deal Talk Doesn't Inspire

By

Scott Patterson The Wall Street Journal Online

Updated Jan. 23, 2006 6:28 p.m. ET

After getting pounded late last week, stocks fought for gains Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point tacking on nearly 70 points. But by the end of the day, the gains were mostly gone.